Life Skills

Centre for Life Skills and Lifelong Learning (CLSLL) was established to raise the quality of learning and living by complementing academic knowledge with skill based training. Realising that the twin purpose of education is to foster academic excellence among students and also guide them to transform themselves into responsible individuals and professionals, CLSLL was formed in 2017 to further this objective. The fresh Engineering/Management talent which has seen the industries focusing on core technical knowledge among their employees is now witnessing a paradigm shift in their focus – i.e., ‘The Personality behind the Ability which makes the latter Sustainable, Progressive and Application oriented.’ The centre works towards enriching the personality of the student.

Life Skills are the abilities for adaptive and positive behavior that enables individuals to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life across cultures (WHO, 1997). Centre for Life Skills and Lifelong Learning is committed to preparing students for the abilities, skills, knowledge that build on the foundation for lifelong learning. We strongly believe that apart from core subjects, for an overall development of an individual other skills like Creativity and Innovation, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Communication and Collaboration, are essential.

Students need a conceptual understanding of concepts, and the ability to work with them creatively to generate new ideas, new theories, new products, and new knowledge. They need to be able to critically evaluate what they read, be able to express themselves clearly both verbally and in writing, and understand scientific thinking. They need to be able to take responsibility for their own continuing, life-long learning. Students today are active learners. The need of the hour is knowledge construction that can be achieved through active learning strategies like discussions, role play, group work, problem based learning, and project based learning. Students’ engagement is seen as a successful indicator of classroom instruction. Centre for Life Skills and Lifelong Learning will strive towards establishing this learning environment for its students.

Develop a greater sense of self-awareness and appreciation for others

Develop positive psychological and physical outlook in oneself

To promote critical thinking, creative thinking and problem solving

To build confidence in spoken skills for group collaboration and cooperation

To equip the students with career ready skills, attributes and values

To help the students take ownership of their studies, career and life.

English Language and Communication

Language proficiency and Communication skills in English are the gateway to professional growth and success. Communication being the basic skill under Employability Skills, the course is designed to enhance communicative competencies of the students and fortify them with that competitive edge to meet the demands of the corporate world. The course covers all the four language skills, viz. Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing with an insight into the sub-skills under these essential skills. Utmost priority is given to the productive skills of Speaking and Writing which are the mainstay of corporate communication. Students are trained in individual and group presentation techniques by involving them in various activities.

CLSLL offers the following programmes on English language for graduate and postgraduate students.

Essential English

Professional Communication

Managerial communication-I

Life Skills for Professionals-I

Human Values and Professional Ethics

Values are beliefs that have an inherent worth in usefulness or importance to the holder," or "principles, standards, or qualities reflected worthwhile or desirable.” Values institute an important characteristic of self-concept and serve as supervisory principles for person.

Human values are necessity in today’s society and business world. Human values are the features that guide people to take into account the human element when one interacts with other human. They have many positive characters that create bonds of humanity between people and thus have value for all human beings. They are strong positive feelings for the human essence of the other. These human values have the effect of bonding, comforting, reassuring and procuring serenity. Human values are the basis for any practical life within society. They build space for a drive, a movement towards one another, which leads to peace. In simple term, human values are described as universal and are shared by all human beings, whatever their religion, their nationality, their culture, and their personal history. By nature, they persuade consideration for others. Thus, in New Horizon College human values are inculcated within the students in form of Courses and programmes.

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NEW HORIZON COLLEGE, MARATHALLI affiliated to Bangalore University, is a recipient of the most promising Education Institution in Karnataka - 2016 for UG - Management, Commerce and Computer Application by Higher Education Magazine.

ME Dept., – Guest Lecture on “Rapid Prototyping” was delivered for the Final Year Students by Mr. P Ramesh – Divisional Manager – NTTF

9-Mar-16

ECE Dept., – Guest Lecture on “Introduction to Mobile Ecosystem” by Alfa Zareena – Software Engineer, PLACKAL Tech, Bangalore for the 120 Pre Final Year Students was organized

5-Mar-16

EEE Dept., – Guest Lecture on “PCB Design Training ” was delivered for 80 Final Year Students by Mr. Mr. Kotesh M, Manager, Indian Tech- Keys,

2-Mar-16

ME Dept., – Guest Lecture on “Opportunities Overseas” was delivered for the Pre-Final Year Students by Mr. Inayathulla B.H – Business Development Manager – ORATALENTS

29-Feb-16

Civil Department – Guest lecture on “Higher education & Job Opportunities in New Zealand” by Mr. Tony Mortensen, Director of International Growth Strategies University of Canterbury-New Zealand was organized for the VIII Semester Students

MCA Department – Guest Lecture on “Multithreading in JAVA” for the IV Semester Students and 180 students attended. The invitee was Mr. Praveen Sinha, Senior Architect, Oracle, B’lore

26-Feb-16

ISE Department conducted a Guest Lecture for IV ,VIII Semester and MTech students on “Innovation and Value creation” by Mr. Verendra Vamshetty, Innovation Manager, Schneider Electric and nearly 200 Students attended the same

Civil Dept., – Guest Lecture on “ Career opportunities in real estate, Construction and Infrastructure” by Ms Monalisa Mallick from RICS School of built environment-Amity university Noida was organized for the VII Semester Students

A Guest Lecture by Mechanical Department for the Pre-Final Year students on “Overseas Education ” by Mr. Sheshanshu Shekar Head from IMS Bangalore

26 Sep 15

A Guest Lecture was organized by MCA Department on “ Two Dimensional Rendering” by Mr.Dhiraj. CISCO Bangalore

23 Sep 15

A Guest Lecture by Mechanical Department for the Final Year students on “Career overseas” by Mr. Somashekar . P Assistant Manager from SIEC Education Pvt. Ltd

A Guest Lecture by ISE Department on “CAMPUS TO CORPORATE” by Ms. Shalini P

19 Sep 15

A Guest lecture was organized by Biotechnology Department on “ Insulin – from Conventional to Recombinant” by Dr. H.Nellaiah from Biozeen

5 Sep 15

A Guest lecture was organized by Biotechnology Department on “Optimization of Microalgae growth conditions to enhance the yield of lipid and biomass content using ANN for cost effective production of biodiesel and value added products”. The Department had invited the Alumni Members Ms. Mounisha.R, Ms. Srujana.K.N, Ms. Pratibha.K & Ms. Smitha.K for delivering the lecture.

A Guest Lecture was organized by ECE Department on “ VLSI Technology and its Challenges” by Ms. Anita Kulkarni, Intel Technologies

1 Sep 15

Guest Lecture conducted by Automobile Department on “ELS International Education Counseling & Admission Services” by Mr. John Kurian from ELS International Education Counseling and Admission Services for the VII Semester Students